Michael Rogers

Michael is an advocate and managing associate in Ogier's Dispute Resolution team in Guernsey. His practice has a particular focus on corporate insolvency and restructuring, trusts disputes, fraud and asset tracing claims, regulatory investigations and fund disputes. He has practised in Guernsey for more than a decade and in that time has advised insolvency practitioners, financial institutions, trustees and fund managers in a variety of complex and high value disputes.

 

Michael has practised in Guernsey since 2012 and in that time he has advised fund managers, trustees and beneficiaries, leading financial institutions, insolvency practitioners and ultra-high-net worth individuals. Many of those cases have involved complex high-value disputes often with a multi-jurisdictional element. He has gained substantial experience of the complex procedure of the Royal Court of Guernsey and regularly advises on an array of interim matters including applications for service out of the jurisdiction, declaratory and Beddoe relief and case management hearings. Michael also advises international clients on cross-border commercial litigation and has been involved with fraud and asset recovery claims.

 

Michael obtained a Bachelor of Law degree in 2007 from the University of Pretoria and was admitted as an Attorney in the Supreme Court of South Africa in 2009. He completed the Qualified Lawyers Transfer Scheme and was admitted as a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales in 2016. In 2019 he obtained the STEP Advanced Certificate in Trust Disputes with distinction.

 

Michael has been admitted as an Attorney in the Supreme Court of South Africa, a Solicitor of the Senior Courts of England and Wales and an Advocate of the Royal Court of Guernsey. He also obtained the STEP Advanced Certificate in Trust Disputes with distinction and the Certificat d'Etudes Juridiques Françaises et Normandes from the Université de Caen Basse-Normandie.